title: Influenza virus transcription and replication.
abstract: The influenza A viruses cause yearly epidemics and occasional pandemics of respiratory disease, which constitute a serious health and economic burden. Their genome consists of eight single-stranded, negative-polarity RNAs that associate to the RNA polymerase and many nucleoprotein monomers to form ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNPs). Here, we focus on the organization of these RNPs, as well as on the structure and interactions of its constitutive elements and we discuss the mechanisms by which the RNPs transcribe and replicate the viral genome.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martín-Benito
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortín
mesh_terms: D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D014764:Viral Proteins